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John Butler
John Albert Butler
a.k.a. Frederick King In 1901

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 7", Weight 170 lb.
School Fordham University

Debut September 28, 1901
Final Game June 14, 1907
Born July 26, 1879 in Boston, MA
Died February 2, 1950 in Boston, MA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 21 MLA AL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1      .000  .250  .000  -25    0   0           0    
 1904 24 STL NL  12   37    0    6   1  0   0    1   0      4      .162  .262  .189   42    7   0           1    
 1906 26 BRO NL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0                               0   0           0    
 1907 27 BRO NL  30   79    6   10   1  0   0    2   0      9      .127  .216  .139   15   11   6           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       44  119    6   16   2  0   0    3   0  0  14   0  .134  .231  .151   23   18   6   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        438   22   59   7  0   0   11   0  0  52   0  .134  .231  .151   23   66  22   0   0   4   0
 Career High     30   79    6   10   1  0   0    2   0  0   9   0                          11   6   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 21 MLA AL    4    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .278| .250  .334| .000  .373| .250  .707| -25  .000  -0.5   0.0     
 1904 24 STL NL   42   31    2   1.7    74| .162  .253| .262  .311| .189  .327| .451  .638|  42  .229  -2.3  -0.3     
 1906 26 BRO NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1907 27 BRO NL   94   75    2   0.7    69| .127  .243| .216  .308| .139  .309| .355  .616|  15  .063  -7.2  -0.9     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       140  109    4   1.0    71| .134  .247| .231  .309| .151  .316| .382  .625|  23  .103  -9.9  -1.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 21 MLA AL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 0 1904 24 STL NL C 12 49 11 2 2 .968 .965 5.00 5.74 2 1906 26 BRO NL C 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.80 0 1907 27 BRO NL C 28 106 34 8 4 .946 .971 5.00 5.68 5 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 21 MLA AL C 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.80 0 1904 24 STL NL C 12 49 11 2 2 .968 .965 5.00 5.74 2 1906 26 BRO NL C 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.80 0 1907 27 BRO NL C 28 106 34 8 4 .946 .971 5.00 5.68 5 1907 27 BRO NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 42 158 46 10 6 .953 .969 4.86 5.68 7 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 43 158 46 10 6 .953 .969 4.74 5.59
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

August, 1904: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Kansas City (American Association).

August, 1905: Drafted by the Brooklyn Superbas from the Kansas City (American Association) in the 1905 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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